Job Description
SALARY INFORMATION: SEE CERTIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE
STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40
FTE: 1.0
MONTHS PER YEAR: 9
JOB CODE: 1791EC
POSITION TYPE: PERMANENT/REGULAR
LOCATION: THORNTON, CO.
Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom. Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.
SUMMARY: Early Childhood Special Education Intensive Program Teachers facilitate specially designed instruction for students with Autism and/or related disabilities that require similar programming. Student programming needs include high levels of structure, visual supports, communication instruction, behavior modification, and social skills/social-emotional instruction. The Early Childhood Intensive Program teacher manages paraprofessionals and instructs in a center-based classroom where students receive these supports in addition to specialized academic instruction and/or instruction on grade-level standards. Students in the Intensive Program join general education classes per their IEP, and Intensive Program teachers are responsible for teaching general education access skills, monitoring student progress, and adjusting IEPs to increase/decrease student participation in general education as appropriate. The Early Childhood Intensive Program is co-taught by a Speech Language Pathologist.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Advocacy
• Advocate for students with disabilities to ensure access to learning opportunities and equity in discipline processes
• Model and promote inclusive language
• Facilitate care and management of students' personal and medical needs
• Ensure students have access to appropriate communication resources
Assessment
• Assess and determine the eligibility of students with disabilities
• Administer assessments specific to students with ASD and/or related disabilities
• Develop and monitor the progress of learning goals for each student
• Support in the completion of Functional Behavior Assessments and develop and monitor Behavior Intervention Plans
• Develop and monitor incentive plans, point sheets, and data collection systems
Collaboration
• Supervise, schedule, and monitor paraprofessionals
• Collaborate with classroom teachers, School Psychologists, School Social Workers, and other special education service providers to develop integrated plans for students with disabilities
• Collaborate with co-teacher (Speech Language Pathologist)
• Collaborate with families to ensure students' strengths, needs, services, and progress are regularly communicated
Compliance
• Implement IDEA and ECEA regulations
• Develop and implement legally compliant, instructionally sound IEPs
• Ensure IEP implementation across settings
• Abide by all district/policies/procedures
Instruction
• Implement the ASD CDE Quality Indicators and APERS (Autism Program Environment Rating Scale)
• Identify students' current academic and functional performance levels
• Develop appropriately ambitious trajectories toward grade- and age-level standards
• Plan lessons incorporating evidence-based practices and identify resources for instruction
• Implement specially designed instruction in a continuum of special education/general educational environments
• Understand or be willing to learn how to plan and implement academic and social-emotional instruction for students with ASD
• Differentiate instruction for learners with diverse needs
• Demonstrate an understanding of student behavior and classroom management structures
• Participate in ongoing professional development sessions
Education And Related Work Experience
• Bachelor's degree or higher.
• Must be a minimum of 18 years old.
• Experience working with ASD preferred
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Or CERTIFICATIONS
• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Must possess the required license and endorsement for the position, or be able to obtain, or be in process with, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) for a valid Colorado Educator License within 30 days of hire.
• Preference is given to candidates with ELL Training and/or an ESL or (LDE) Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement.
Internal Candidates Only
13.2.5 Voluntary transfers that occur fifteen working days before the start of the school year and until the end of the school year shall happen once the position being vacated has been filled, for a duration of no more than four weeks. This four week time period could be adjusted in consultation with the educator, current and receiving supervisor and with approval from the Chief Human Resources Officer and the Association President.
Salary Information (for External Candidates)
All salary placement on our Certified Salary schedule is dependent on the employees' education and/or work experience. Certified/licensed employees will be granted one (1) year for each full year of contractual and/or work experience up to a maximum of ten (10) years, which includes in-district and out-of-district contractual teaching and/or work experience. Responsibility for verification of outside experience shall rest with the individual employee. For further explanation of salary placement please refer to our Certified Master Agreement that can be found on our district website.
Benefits Information
Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date).
To learn more about our benefits including paid time off, please see our Benefits Overview.
This Posting Is Not Inclusive Of The Job Description.
Rev. 3/2024